Agnes Aineah

Agnes Aineah is a Kenyan journalist with a background in digital and newspaper reporting. She holds a Master of Arts in Digital Journalism from the Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications and a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communications from Kenya's Moi University. Agnes currently serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.

Archbishop Anthony Muheria (right) and Bishop-elect Joseph Mwongela (left) in a video message for the postponed August 8 episcopal ordination. / Diocese of Kitui

Kenyan Diocese Postpones Episcopal Ordination of New Bishop, Eyes 1,000 Attendees

The episcopal ordination of the recently appointed Bishop of Kenya’s Kitui Diocese has been postponed from August 8 following new regulations that...

Members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at SECAM's Golden Jubilee in Uganda in 2019.

SECAM Leadership Defers Annual Collection amid COVID-19 Challenges

The leadership of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has announced that the usual annual collection...

Bishop Natale Paganelli, Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone.

Prelate in Sierra Leone Condemns Unrest that Killed Five, Urges Focus on COVID-19 Fight

The Apostolic Administrator of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone, Bishop Natale Paganelli, has condemned a recent attack in a town...

Bishop Joseph Kizito, Bishop of Aliwal Diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Inside New Bishop’s 100 Days “of prayer and growth” at a South African Diocese

The ordination of Bishop Joseph Kizito as the Local Ordinary of Aliwal Diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Eastern Cape,...

Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo, Pastoral Coordinator for the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). / Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA).

One-stop Virtual Counseling to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges in AMECEA Region

People weighed down by COVID-19 challenges in Kenya have, for the past three months, found solace by speaking to counsellors...

Poster for the virtual celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the English Africa Service of the Vatican Radio that took place on 17.07.2020 / Vatican Radio

Catholic Communicators in Africa Encouraged to Tell Stories Featuring Ordinary People

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of English Africa Service of the Vatican Radio, the virtual event that took...

Staff of Vatican Radio's English for Africa Service. / Vatican News

Catholic Journalists in Africa Pledge Support for Vatican Radio’s Africa Service @70

Members of the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP), which brings together Catholic journalists in both the Catholic Church...

A poster from the leadership of the Southern Cross encouraging Christians to read the Catholic Newspaper online.

South Africa’s Catholic Newspaper Closing Up Shop after Nearly 100 Years of Publication

It is indeed a wrap for The Southern Cross, the only Catholic newspaper in South Africa, which has announced its transition...

Salesians in Africa looking to employ e-learning in their technical and vocational colleges around the continent.

Salesians in Africa Eyeing E-learning to Fill Youth Skills Gap in Technical Training

Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in different countries in Africa joined the rest of the world...

Radio Veritas South Africa now airing programs of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) following a temporary interruption of the radio station’s normal programming after its manager tested positive for COVID-19.

EWTN Keeping Church in South Africa Engaged after Temporary Closure of Catholic Radio

Ardent listeners of Radio Veritas, the only Catholic radio in South Africa, are being treated to hours of Eternal Word...

(Left) The original church of the Most Holy Redeemer, built in 1921. (Right) Stigmatine Fathers Michael D’Annucci (left) and Charles Mittempergher, who served the mission in Mmakau for many years after their ordinations. Fr D’Annucci was murdered in a hijacking in Pretoria in December 2001 (he was declared a martyr in 2002); Fr Mittempergher died in Italy in December 2017. / The Southern Cross.

Why July is a Special Month for Pretoria’s First Black Catholic Parish

The Most Holy Redeemer, a Catholic Mission in South Africa’s Archdiocese of Pretoria, will, in a few months, mark 100...

Uganda's Cabinet Minister in charge of Refugees, Hillary Onek inspecting the production of Face Masks at the Don Bosco Vocational Training Center (VTC). / Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services

Ugandan Government Lauds Young Refugees for Pioneering Mass Production of Face Masks

Young refugees living at the Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Settlement have been applauded for being the first ever group to...

Reconstruction of 4 rooms and a community hall in favour of the Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Tamanrasset, Algeria. / Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International

Why Congregation of Sisters in Algeria Needs to Survive amid Shortage of Vocations

Sometime last year, when members of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Algeria wrote to...

Fr. Lazar Arasu with participants at Peace Meeting with UNHCR and other Leaders in South Sudan / Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services

Address South Sudan’s “deep-rooted tribal hatred” to Tame Conflicts: Salesian Cleric

Residents of Palabek Refugee Settlement located in the Archdiocese of Gulu in northern Uganda last month woke up to a...

African Bishops Join Worldwide Call to End Abuse by Multinational Corporations

Catholic Bishops from across Africa joined more than 110 Prelates from different parts of the world to appeal for an...

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the Nation on the new COVID-19 guidelines at Harambee House, Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenyan President Excludes Sunday Schools, Madrassas in Phased Reopening of Public Worship

Children attending Sunday School and those who go for Madrassas in Mosques are among the groups of congregants who will...

Bishops in Kenya Propose Small Christian Community Masses in New COVID-19 Guidelines

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), an umbrella body of all Catholic Prelates in Kenya is proposing the celebration...

Fr. Lazar Arasu, the Director of Don Bosco Palabek Refugee Services with refugees in Uganda camp.

Salesians in Uganda Keeping Youth in Refugee Camps Productive during Pandemic

Refugees in Uganda have been hit by the four-month lockdown and ban on social gatherings and other public activities in...

Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando, Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Daystar University in Kenya. / Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK).

Meet Widely Published Kenyan Nun Seeking to Breathe Life in University Research

Sr. Agnes Lucy Lando understands what ails research in universities from her 14 years of teaching at Kenyan tertiary institutions...

African Media Practitioners Recall Memorable Moments with U.S. Cleric Who “married” Media

The rest of the world is mourning the passing on of Fr. Robert (Bob) Astorino who “married media professionalism” for...